PHOTOS: It's March and still snowing in Kashmir

PICS: Spring delayed, it's March and still snowing in Kashmir

Just as Kashmir valley was ready and waiting for a pleasant spring after a long and harsh winter, it seems to have been struck with heavy snowfall, throwing life completely out of gear.

The snowfall that began early on Monday morning continued without any let up. Snow accumulated, varying from eight inches in capital Srinagar to over two feet in north Kashmir’s health resort of Gulmarg and in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam resort.

PICS: Spring delayed, it's March and still snowing in Kashmir

“This is the heaviest snowfall and that too in the middle of March. We were preparing for spring, a season of blossoms that ushers in farming activity with people getting busy with agriculture and horticulture,” said Abdul Qayoom.